diff --git a/backend/src/main.py b/backend/src/main.py
index 4412323..f35a958 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.py
+++ b/backend/src/main.py
@@ -190,18 +190,18 @@ def create_items(
                     ),
                 )
 
-            # construct a list of schemas.Item items
-            spreadsheet_item_list = [
-                schemas.ItemCreate(
-                    **{
-                        key: row[i]
-                        for i, key in enumerate(schemas.ItemCreate.__fields__.keys())
-                    }
-                )
-                for row in sheet["data"]
-            ]
-            # dump all the data into database
             try:
+                # construct a list of schemas.Item items
+                spreadsheet_item_list = [
+                    schemas.ItemCreate(
+                        **{
+                            key: row[i]
+                            for i, key in enumerate(schemas.ItemCreate.__fields__.keys())
+                        }
+                    )
+                    for row in sheet["data"]
+                ]
+                # dump all the data into database
                 accepted, processed = crud.insert_items(db=db, items=spreadsheet_item_list)
             except Exception as e:
                 raise HTTPException(